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TOP STORIES:

RAPE KITS DESTROYED

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Observer reports that Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have destroyed rape kits from about 1,000 cases during the past 16 years, even though evidence from sexual assault exams is used to identify and prosecute rapists. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING 300 words by 4 p.m.

EXCHANGE-RETIRING INSTRUCTOR

HICKORY, N.C. — For 67-year-old instructor Lynn Preslar of Taylorsville, teaching wasn’t only about grades, books and material, it also was about providing students with the right tools while growing up and professionalism, he said. After 41 years of instructing in the architectural program, Architectural Technology, at Catawba Valley Community College, Preslar retired, he said. An AP Member Exchange by Valerie Buccio, Hickory Daily Record. SENT: 750 words.

IN BRIEF:

– NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING-MCCRORY, from RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory says North Carolina state Secretary of Public Safety Frank Perry is in contact with the Department of Homeland Security assessing what help the state may be able to provide in wake of the Florida nightclub shooting. SENT: 130 words.

– WINSTON-SALEM HOMICIDE, from WINSTON-SALEM — Police say two people face charges stemming from the stabbing death of a 44-year-old man in Winston-Salem. SENT: 130 words.

— STATE INMATE DEATH, from WINDSOR — Authorities are investigating after an inmate died following a fight at Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor in eastern North Carolina. SENT: 130 words.

— DOUBLE FATAL LANCASTER COUNTY, FROM INDIAN LAND, S.C. — The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating after a South Carolina man and a North Carolina resident were killed in a five-car collision in Lancaster County. SENT: 100 words.

— CHARLOTTE SHOOTING from CHARLOTTE — Police in Charlotte are investigating after one man was killed and three injured in a shooting at an apartment. SENT: 90 words.

SPORTS:

College Baseball

BBC–NCAA-EAST CAROLINA-TEXAS TECH

LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech and East Carolina play Sunday afternoon to decide which team goes to the College World Series. ECU has never gone to Omaha, while the Red Raiders are looking to return for the second time in three years. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos. Game starts at 3 p.m. CDT

BBC–NCAA SUPER REGIONALS RDP

Notable performances from the eight games in the NCAA baseball tournament super regionals. By Eric Olson. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos by 10 p.m.

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